The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

This Liu Zhubo, Xie Jingan couldn't help laughing, he looked pedantic, but in fact he was a ghost, no matter what he wanted to do, as soon as he had a plan, he could easily guess it.

Xie Jingan saw that Liu Zhubo was still standing, so he let him take a seat, and ordered the servants to serve tea and snacks, and then sent them out, saying: "Liu Zhubo is really my confidant, I just ask you After asking a few questions, you told me everything about this king's plan."

Master Liu Bo saw that it was indeed as he had guessed, and he couldn't help being shocked. He just showed some excitement, and then thought of something, and said with some sadness: "It is indeed a blessing for the people to have such an idea, Your Highness. There is no spare manpower in each workshop, and the craftsmen of some crafts are even more busy. If people are pulled out of those workshops, the speed of making goods will be much slower. By then, I am afraid it will not be good for the families. Tell me, and besides..."

Liu Zhubo took a look at Xie Jingan's expression, saw that he was no different from usual, and then continued: "There is no good way to ease the matter of farming cattle. If it is normal, you can just buy it with money, but now it is covered by heavy snow. People can barely walk, but cattle can't. There are many in the hands of rich families, but these people, His Highness must also understand that they have always been profitable, no matter who they do business with, they need more money. It is not so easy for His Highness to get some cattle from them if they are greedy."

Mr. Liu shook his head and sighed, apparently thinking that it was impossible to buy cattle from wealthy families.

Xie Jingan also seemed to have been poured cold water on his head, his happy expression was suppressed in an instant, but he would never give up on the things he decided, so he frowned very unwillingly and began to think.

He has dealt with the aristocratic family, so he naturally knows who they are. At that time, when he was clearly gaining the upper hand in selling regional sales rights, he would search his guts to get a little more profit from him, not to mention that he still asks them now. I'm afraid that he just let out the news today, or someone will come to the door in a short while, using the cattle as a bargaining chip to try to grab a fortune from him.

Xie Jingan thought about it, but he also thought of a way, but he originally planned to use it to do business with the family later, but now that things have happened, he had to move forward.

Xie Jing'an sighed secretly, looked at Master Liu and said, "Master Liu, do you remember the glass workshop built by this king?"

Master Liu naturally remembered, and immediately understood when he heard the words, he frowned and said: "Your Highness means... the same as soap and perfume? It's just like this... Isn't it a bit of a loss? After all, this glass thing is sold Selling it is more than making a lot of money every day.”

"This king knows," Xie Jing'an said, "It's not just glass, but none of the things produced by this king's workshop are making a lot of money every day. It's just that this king's land is sparsely populated, and there are even fewer craftsmen who know how to do it." , the great Zhou Dynasty was so vast, how much can be produced by the king alone? How much money can be earned? Besides, food is the most important thing for the people. No matter how much money the workshop makes, the fields are still It cannot be neglected. If these people are removed, there will not be much that this king can really use. The most important thing is that the money he earns is limited, but there are countless places that this king needs to spend. The army, paving roads, and building cities , and the building of the school, the building of the ship, which the king will do in the later stage, one by one, the king will have a headache just thinking about it."

After Xie Jing'an's words, Liu Zhubo also had a sad face, "Then His Highness means..."

Xie Jing'an said: "To expand the scale, I only rely on the power of this king alone. It's too early to say this, but it's good to talk to you in advance. After the official road is cleared in the spring, this king intends to Establish a patent department, invite merchants from all over the world to join it, and sell the prescriptions of the workshop built by the king at a high price to the merchants to collect patent fees. Naturally, joining the patent department is not free, and everyone wants to add it. , soap, perfume, etc., you will make as much as you want, and sell them all over the Zhou Dynasty, and the king's treasury will really be filled."

Mr. Liu had never heard of such a practice, and he couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "Your Highness, this is really... It's really unbelievable. I have never heard of it, Your Highness, can you be sure?"

Xie Jing'an smiled slightly and said: "Any assurance must be based on force, so this king can't wait to recruit troops. It's still too early to talk about this. Master Liu just needs to know it carefully. Don't leak the news for the time being, the top priority Or solve the problem of farming cattle."

Liu Zhubo was so excited by Xie Jingan's previous words, he calmed down after a while, cupped his hands and said, "What Your Highness said is just about the glass... What does Your Highness want? It's like regional sales rights? "

Xie Jing'an pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It is enough to use this method once, and it will not be fresh if you use it the second time. After all, does Master Liu have any acquaintances or merchants in Mozhou?"

Liu Zhubo didn't expect Xie Jingan to ask such a sentence suddenly, he was not sure what he meant for a moment, thought that he was about to beat himself, and couldn't help breaking out in a thin layer of cold sweat, he hurriedly got up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, Mingjian, slightly I have always been loyal to His Highness, although I have met some merchants from aristocratic families in Mozhou, those merchants often visit my ministers first, and it is not good for my ministers to shut me out all the time, so we only occasionally talk for a while."

Seeing Liu Zhubo's frightened innocent face, Xie Jing'an couldn't help but smiled, and comforted him: "Liu Zhubo is doing this, this king is just asking casually, and has no intention of asking for guilt, Liu Zhubo, don't be nervous."

Having said that, Liu Zhubo still didn't relax, so Xie Jingan could only say: "The reason why this king asked this question is just to use Liu Zhubo's mouth to reveal this matter intentionally or unintentionally. This king is used to gaining the upper hand. , although the king asks them for farming cattle, but this request can also be reversed."

Only then did Master Liu understand Xie Jingan's meaning, and immediately heaved a sigh of relief, showing a somewhat ugly smile, and said: "Your Highness should speak directly from now on, just like that just now, really scares the humble minister to death."

Xie Jing'an was a little bit dumbfounded, but with Liu Zhubo's words just now, he suddenly remembered something that he wanted to do but never did. He should have an intelligence collection department. If he can't think of anything, let Jiang Zheng or Lin Yan investigate. It's not that he doesn't trust them, it's just that it's too inefficient to waste manpower in this way, and second, it can strengthen his own safety. After all, if there is a wave of assassins, there will be a second wave. Although the target this time is not him, who can guarantee the first wave? What about the second time?If he had received this information earlier, he could have turned passive into active, and would have greatly reduced casualties.

Although Su Wei's duty was to protect him, he didn't want to sacrifice a person's life easily.

Xie Jingan thought further and further, and after a while he suddenly came back to his senses. Looking at Liu Zhubo who was still pale, he said, "I'll leave this matter to Liu Zhubo. After my king's plan is successful, I will go back to you." I personally set up a banquet to thank Master Liu Bo for his contribution."

Accepting this important task, Liu Zhubo turned from nervousness to excitement just now, and repeatedly promised that he would live up to Xie Jingan's entrustment, so he retreated complacently.

It was already dark when Master Liu left, and soon it would be dinner time, but Xie Jingan didn't feel any stinginess at all, but sent Jiang Zheng to come in and ask, "General Lin, has he returned to the palace?"

Jiang Zheng has been transferred back to Xie Jingan's side these days, and he is used to Xie Jingan asking about Lin Yan's news from time to time, so he was not surprised when he heard the words, and replied: "If you go back to Your Highness, General Lin will go to Qi's mansion after noon. Returning, presumably the case of Qi Chengshou still has some unfinished business, or will someone be sent to inquire?"

Just as Xie Jingan was about to agree, he stopped talking, thought for a while and said, "Forget it, after all, Qi Chengshou has been operating in Mozhou for many years, and now he wants to raid his house and seize people, so naturally he can't deal with it in a short while. He is good at business, don't send anyone to disturb him, if the king has not rested when he comes back, let him come over, the king has something to explain to him."

Jiang Zheng heard the words and was about to retreat, but Xie Jingan called him again, pondered for a moment, and asked: "You didn't follow me a few days ago, you were on business outside the palace, do you know, Mozhou?" And how many orphans are there in nearby counties?"

"Orphans?" Jiang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, as far as I know, there were orphans in Mozhou and nearby counties in the past, but there were not many of them. The announcement of the recruitment of workers from His Highness's workshop was sent to the rest of the country. After the twelve prefectures, a lot came intermittently from various prefectures and counties, the exact number will not be known, but there will always be several hundred."

Although Xie Jingan guessed that there were quite a number of people, he still couldn't help being surprised when he heard the number.

Xie Jing'an has learned that in this era, there are orphanages for raising orphans, but even in the later generations of the peaceful and prosperous age, this kind of welfare institution is not very perfect, let alone this era of imperial power, and his fiefdom is extremely barren , but also to send food and grass to the soldiers at the border, the people still can't eat enough, let alone raise these orphans, I am afraid that the orphanages in various states and counties have long since existed in name only, and the orphans can only wander around, begging for a living.

It was another thing that he needed to do, Xie Jingan couldn't help but let out a long sigh, the task was heavy and the road was long, he didn't make much money, but he wanted to spend more and more.

Xie Jingan quickly pulled himself together, and told Jiang Zheng, "It's freezing cold today, it's not good for these children to be wandering outside all the time, and the workshop's supply is limited, so why not, you send some people tomorrow to gather the scattered orphans as much as possible." Wake up, the king remembers that the military camp outside the city is not full yet, so he will put them there first, and ask Chief Qin for matters such as food and bedding. The king is going to take a look."

Jiang Zheng only thought that Xie Jingan was pity for these children, so he gathered them together, so he didn't think too much, and even his expression was a little moved, he clasped his hands and said: "The last general takes orders."

After arranging this matter, it happened to be dinner time, so the person in the dining room brought it up, but he didn't want to eat and remembered another thing. There are future employees in the intelligence department, but what is it now? For a child who doesn't know anything, first of all, learning to read and learn martial arts is a big problem. Literacy is okay. Any follower around him can be competent in the early stage of learning, but it is not enough to practice martial arts. Lin Yan is skilled in martial arts, but he has too many errands. There is still training to be done next, I'm afraid he won't be able to find the time, and he is the one who kills the enemy on the battlefield, so he doesn't know if he is suitable for these hidden guards, Xie Jing'an thought again, it is time for him to recruit some talents.

It's just that the original body's reputation is too bad. He has been planning and actively encouraging his subordinates to take care of these things since he traveled, but after so many days, there are only two in total.

Xie Jingan sighed, did he have to find a way to reverse this reputation first, otherwise he would never be able to recruit talents, and even if he exhausted himself and everyone around him to death, he would not be able to fulfill his plan.